In article , Wayne Whitney wrote:
On 2005-05-23, Doug Miller wrote:

Get a CPVC female thread adapter - make sure you get the kind that has a
neoprene gasket at the seat of the fitting - and a copper male thread
adapter.

I have read that it is customary to use a male plastic thread adapter
and a female copper thread adapter. The idea is that since copper is
stronger than plastic, if you use a female plastic part, inserting the
male copper part may stretch the female plastic part, causing a future
leak. (Plumbing a House, by Peter Hemp, Chapter 4 "Joining Plastic
Pipe to Metal Pipe")

Yes, I've read that, too - but I have *experienced* that male plastic to
female metal joints almost _always_ leak, and male metal to female plastic
with neoprene gasket _never_ do.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?